Solid State Power Box

[posplayr]

+1, well said

Thanks guys,

There is also a lot of engineering that went in under the hood that you don't see.

This is intended to be a rock solid upgrade that you should not have to worry about once it is installed.

Jim,
Congratulations with a very professional looking design! It looks well constructed and I would forecast that you are most likely going to get positive feedback from those who are using it!

Well done!

+1, well said

[gsgeezer]

At least with all of the bad weather, here, I have had more time to work on the bikes, so I hope to have mine together before too long. I have an Electrex stator and rec/reg unit (shunt) so I am looking forward to installing the series unit at the same time as the SSPB.

The SSPB does look nice and the graphics are COOL, too!

[Stahlgrau333]

Got mine in the mail a few days ago. As others have already said, the build quality is impressive. In addition, as Bob already said, I love the fact that it's "Made in the USA". I can't wait to get the project far enough along to put it to use!

[posplayr]

I like seeing the "Made in USA" on there.

Looks like a piezo on the board. If so, what's it for? Probably in the instructions, I'd bet...

Yes although the BARE prototype boards were made in Malaysia, I did a significant production run from Advanced Circuits from here in the USA. So other than those parts that are produced overseas, it was all assembled by me.

This is probably the best overview at the moment. It is a buzzer to complement the Red flashing LED in order to provide user feedback from the internal device "fault" STATUS signal. It is really not very load and you will not hear it over the motor.

The other side of the board is virtually filled with parts and traces and bonded to the base with thermal epoxy. The form factor required to fit in the original location put a lot of constraints on the design. The PCB is only 98mmx41mm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBA4JFru6iA&feature=youtu.be

[posplayr]

Jim,
Congratulations with a very professional looking design! It looks well constructed and I would forecast that you are most likely going to get positive feedback from those who are using it!

Well done!

Thanks for the complements. It took about twice as long and twice as much effort as I had expected so the only way this was going to work was make it into a product.

In fact is that it is only because of the applicability to other bikes beyond the GS which was probably the deciding factor to pursue this as I have; there are probably just not enough people that would buy it for a GS.

I'm updating the documentation now to make it a little easier to assimilate.

[robertbarr]

I like seeing the "Made in USA" on there.

Looks like a piezo on the board. If so, what's it for? Probably in the instructions, I'd bet...

Jim,
Congratulations with a very professional looking design! It looks well constructed and I would forecast that you are most likely going to get positive feedback from those who are using it!

Well done!

[posplayr]

Status Update 1/17/2014

The first 10 units of the Solid State Power Box with the Rev C PCB's (no red wires) have been completed and delivered. See this video and an overview of the capability and installation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBA4JFru6iA&feature=youtu.be

[gsgeezer]

Thanks for the vids, Jim. Mine arrived in only two days!

[posplayr]

Video is marked private.

OK I changed it to public. It is about 26 min long so it is apparently processing all video formats but there is probably on that will be visible for you now.

I also see that I did not get tracking info on everybody but apparently all have been delivered except those going to Canada.

[Dogma]

Status Update 1/17/2014

The first 10 units of the Solid State Power Box with the Rev C PCB's (no red wires) have been completed and delivered. See this video and an overview of the capability and installation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBA4J...ature=youtu.be

Video is marked private.

[posplayr]

Status Update 1/17/2014

The first 10 units of the Solid State Power Box with the Rev C PCB's (no red wires) have been completed and delivered. See this video and an overview of the capability and installation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBA4JFru6iA&feature=youtu.be

[posplayr]

Mine arrived as well Jim. This thing looks and feels beefy. I'm thinking I might use it on my current project bike and possibly buy another for the Suzi. When will you be ready for new orders?

ready now; I have plenty of bare boards now.

[Sci85]

Mine arrived as well Jim. This thing looks and feels beefy. I'm thinking I might use it on my current project bike and possibly buy another for the Suzi. When will you be ready for new orders?